Staff one-liners

I meant to link to this earlier, but it slipped my mind. Still, better late than never!

Over at Nobody Asked Me, the author recently published a great list of staff one-liners overheard at meetings. A few examples:

"When you get right up to the line that you're not supposed to cross, the only person in front of you will be me!"
CDR (CENTCOM) on his view of the value of being politically correct in today's military.

"There's nothing wrong with crossing that line a little bit, it's jumping over it buck naked that will probably get you in trouble."
Lt Col (EUCOM) responding to the above.

"His knowledge on that topic is only power point deep."
MAJ (JS).

"I just realized that this War on Terror might take a little longer than we thought, so I am developing a new system of hanging charts on walls to solve our problem and win the war."
LTC (EUCOM) after a review of long range Counter Terrorism (CT) plans.

"Creating smoking holes gives our lives meaning and enhances our manliness."
LTC (EUCOM) at a CT conference.

"No. Now I'm simply confused at a higher level."
Foreign GO/FO when asked if he had any questions following a transformation brief at JFCOM.

"We're from the nuke shop, sir. We're the crazy aunt in the closet that nobody likes to talk about."
Lt Col to GO/FO (EUCOM) in briefings.

There are plenty more at the link above. Enjoy!

Peter